▲ | dsign a day ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> Audiovisual entertainment is already beyond capacity. We make more stuff than people have the time to consume it. No we don't. I rarely find anything that I like in Netflix, Amazon Prime or HBO. Those services are stuffed with brain bleach that I don't even find entertaining. There are "gold nuggets"[^1] I have enjoyed in those sites, but it's like one or two per year. The rest of my watching time goes to videos of people camping in the wilderness, for lack of a better thing. [^1]: As in, they are entertaining. Rarely, they are imaginative. Even more seldom, they are educational or contribute to my personal growth. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | kranke155 a day ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yes we do. You don’t get it. Those programs are made because they make money. Netflix is profitable because it makes shows that X number of people want to see. The number of people like yourself who are underserved by stuff to watch is too low to be profitable - or they don’t know how to make a show that would appeal to this group yet. The dark truth about TV is that it’s what people want to watch. There is no conspiracy. Here is a good Steve Jobs quote on the subject: “ When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.” Anyway assuming that an industry screwed up because you personally don’t like their product is pretty incredible. No they didnt screw up. They’re just serving people who aren’t quite like yourself. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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